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lento

[ len-toh; Italian len-taw ]

adjective



adverb

lento

/ ˈlɛntəʊ /

adjective

  1. to be performed slowly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a movement or passage performed in this way
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lento1

1715–25; < Italian < Latin lentus slow
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lento1

C18: Italian, from Latin lentus slow
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Example Sentences

Y se march a su casa con paso lento, y pas la noche con las angustias del padre que va a casar una hija al da siguiente.

Bne ricorda che il procedere sia lento et in modo alcuno non si venghi al giudicio.'

The finale they shared in, Mendelssohn starting with an allegro movement, and my father following with a "pi-lento."

We now reach at M—molto pi lento—the most poetic variation of the work.

The second waltz (in A minor; Lento) is of quite another, of a more retired and private, nature, an exception to the rule.

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